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At
21, Sita Sunar runs own furniture business, by Kishan Sangit Nepali
(rep 09/09/2017)
Number
of women trek guides on rising trend, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
04/09/2017)
Old
beliefs die hard: The stigma surrounding menstruation should be
effectively challenged, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 27/08/2017)
Just
victims? Nepali women migrating out for work do also come back with
higher remit and non-exploitative experiences, by Guneshwor Ojha
(kp 25/08/2017)
Women
can have it all: Achieving work-life balance often seems to be an
impossible goal, by Sushila Nepal (kp 13/08/2018)
Gender-aware
policies needed: Nepal can’t hope to graduate from its LDC status
without reaching out to the poor, by Subhash Nepali (kp 06/08/2017)
Give me a
daughter, by Geeta Pandey (rep 05/08/2017)
Awakening Urgency For
Nepali Females, by Prem Khatry (rn 01/08/2017), More
teeth sought for NWC (ht 01/08/2017)
The
second sex: Menstruation - a natural, physiological cycle - should be
destigmatised (kp 20/07/2017) [Why do you
not call male gender the second sex? Life is given by women!]
Missing
daughters: At the root of sex-selective abortion lies the culture of
preferring sons, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 16/07/2017)
Rural
women turning into entrepreneurs (ht 14/07/2017)
Poverty
forcing women into migration: Report (kp 13/07/2017), Exodus:
Structural barriers and discrimination in local labour market drive
women to work abroad (kp 14/07/2017)
Village
women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative:
Empower Generation plans to expand the number of female energy
entrepreneurs to all 75 districts from the current 11 (kp
13/07/2017) [see website]
Her
future is our future: When a woman is free to make choices about her
life, her children, her family and everybody else will benefit, by
Giulia Vallese (kp 11/07/2017), Women
empowerment: Many barriers, by Prativa Subedi (ht 12/07/2017)
Women
Need To Stand Up For Themselves, by Aditi Aryal (sp 07/07/2017)
Women at
work: Women are praised for creating life but never encouraged to build
something for the future, by Priyanka Chand (rep 03/07/2017)
Women
make up majority of rights victims, shows study (ht 01/07/2017)
Fair
Sex, Unfair Deal: Women’s empowerment underpins equal, just and
peaceful societies (sp 23/06/2017)
War
on words: Branding feminists as terrorists may be libellous because
‘terrorist’ is a highly politicised term, by Archana Thapa (kp
23/06/2017)
34
pc women victimised by kin (ht 19/06/2017)
Girls
lag despite outnumbering boys in exams, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/06/2017), Education
of daughters: Disparity in SEE performance shows that girls still have
a long way to go (kp 19/06/2017)
Oh
boy, women bleed! Only
when mothers treat menstruation as just another natural growth in their
children’s bodies, will little girls will learn to accept their bodies
and grow up to be confident women, by Shradha Giri Bohora (kp
17/06/2017)
Voice
for equality: Nepal’s Female Labor Force Participation Rate is 80
percent. But women have a long way to go achieve gender equality,
by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 13/06/2017)
Women
power: Arming women with legal and constitutional rights is inadequate
without an attitudinal change in society, by Apurba Bhattarai (kp
04/06/2017)
Colour Code For Woman
Only!, by Bhawana Pokhrel (rn 02/06/2017)
Thanka
art proves a boon for illiterate woman, by Rajkumar Parajuli (ht
01/06/2017)
Including
the excluded: The real winners of the local elections are not political
parties, but women, by Om Astha Rai (nt 26/05/2017), Federal
feminine republic of Nepal (nt 26/05/2017)
Female
migrants at higher risk of suicide (ht 11/05/2017)
Women
in reconstruction: Rasuwa women are taking on new roles to build back
better, by Utsav Shakya (kp 29/04/2017)
Woman
beaten in captivity by husband, in-laws over dowry (kp 28/04/2017)
Better
than before? Women’s empowerment requires concrete policies and their
robust implementation (kp 28/04/2017)
President’s
Women Empowerment Programme starts in 26 districts: It aims to provide
skill development training to Dalit, indigenous and marginalised women,
by Samipa Khanal (kp 24/04/2017)
A
social syndrome: Gendered norms on childcare have resulted in the
construction of guilt in women, by Anjam Singh (kp 23/04/2017)
Women’s
voices enrich public life: Building strong gender equal communities
requires every individual citizen to stand firmly in the political
landscape,
by Valerie Julliand, Alaina B. Teplitz, Mashfee Binte Shams, Rensje
Teerink, W. Swarnalatha Pereira and Ingrid Dahl-Madsen (kp 21/04/2017)
Women
in politics: The way forward, by Ayush Joshi (ht 19/04/2017)
Need
for black feminism: Madhesi women face double discrimination: one, as
Madhesis and, two, as women, by Kalpana Jha (kp 14/04/2017)
Most women unaware of
reservations, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 04/04/2017)
Female
turnout disappoints EC: Women job aspirants account for only 14pc of
total 179,486 applicants, by Manish Gautam (kp 02/04/2017)
Road
to Inclusion: Progress
in inducting women into public service may be small, but in light of
the country’s dismal history of inclusivity, it is a much welcome change,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/04/2017)
On
‘wine feminists’: These are self-styled feminists who are often found
in conferences and parties in Kathmandu, sipping their wine and talking
about women’s rights, by Shuvechha Ghimire (rep 01/04/2017)
Exploring
resilience: Women are more vulnerable to climate change because of
their dependence on climate sensitive sectors, by Prativa Sapkota
(kp 31/03/2017)
When
women win: The new constitution offers a valuable opportunity to ensure
that women and girls have the same prospects in life as their male
counterparts, by Alaina B. Teplitz (rep 30/03/2017)
Blame
us all, not just men: Continuing to castigate men will only make gender
polarisation more rigid, by Seema Subedi (kp 28/03/2017)
Gender
equality: The Nordic Model, by Kjell Tormod Pettersen (rep
22/03/2017)
Khadka
addresses UN’s CSW session (kp 17/03/2017) [??]
Booklet
on women entitlements published: The booklet contains information
related to economic benefits provided and initiatives taken by various
agencies for women (kp 16/03/2017)
Girls’
education: Failed programme, by Chun Bahadur Gurung (ht 14/03/2017)
Mountain
women The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is
the presence of women who are valued, by Sunayana Basnet (kp
08/03/2017), Bold action
now: In Nepal, while women work as much as men, the gender wage gap is
still in the bottom half of the world ranking, by Valerie Julliand
(rep 08/03/2017), Is
women empowerment just women employment? If this day is to celebrate
your and my achievements, then it does not need to be marked in the
calendar, by Sambridhi Gyawali (rep 08/03/2017), Exemplary Muslim sisters
empowering women, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 08/03/2017), Working
on gender: We saw no representation of Himalayan women in history or
literature, nor in the research and development sectors, by Chhaya
Vani Namchu and Menaka Hamal (rep 08/03/2017), Championing
their cause: We need to be more proactive in identifying true champions
of women's economic empowerment in Nepal and build a strong coalition,
by Gail Marzetti and Pukar Malla (rep 08/03/2017), Women
continue to face discrimination at home, workplace (ht 08/03/2017),
Women’s
role critical for social advancement: Prez (kp 09/03/2017), #beboldforchange:
Things are far from ideal for Nepali women, but the fight for equal
rights continues (kp 09/03/2017), Thank you,
men: Let’s acknowledge the role of good men who help women with their
personal and career growth, by Rusha Giri (rep 09/03/2017), Empowering
women: The most urgent task that lies ahead is to make sure that women
are treated equally in all spheres of life (ht 09/03/2017)
From
safe motherhood to safe womanhood: Nepali women deserve to be
recognised as complete human beings and equal citizens, not just as
mothers, by Poonam Thapa (kp 07/03/2017)
The
purse strings: Women have little control over household finance despite
being important earners, by Ashika Sharma (kp 07/03/2017)
On
the home front: Listen to the unheard voices of the suffering wives of
migrant workers left behind, by Roni Pradhan (kp 07/03/2017)
The curious case of
unmarried mothers, by Anjali Subedi (kp 03/03/2017)
Leave
no one behind: Absorbing women into the labour market by reinforcing
traditional gender roles is not empowering, by Sangita Thebe-Limbu
(nt 03/03/2017)
Women,
teenage girls receive training to make sanitary pads, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 01/03/2017)
All
our daughters: Where are Nepali women in the metaphor of coffins,
bakasko bimba, which pervades pathologies of remittance reporting?,
by CK Lal (rep 27/02/2017)
Win-all
trade: Women in Baglung, Parbat and Sindhuli districts have greatly
increased their income from export of items made from allo, by
Erica Prasai (rep 27/02/2017)
Red
Tika challenge takes internet by storm, by Anita Shrestha (ht
21/02/2017)
From
a guerilla fighter to humble Speaker, by Onshari Gharti Magar (kp
18/02/2017), We
may have come a long way, but there is much to achieve: The feminist
consciousness flourished after the restoration of democracy in 1990 and
received ample focus during the decade-long Maoist struggle
followed
by people’s movement and constitution-writing process, by Mohna
Ansari (kp 18/02/2017), A
‘competent’ woman politician —a rhetorical excuse? High time we asked
whether all men maintain the highest degree of competence, by
Pranika Koyu (kp 18/02/2017), Women
in politics: Nepal is among the only 10 countries in the world having a
woman head of state, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/02/2017)
Feminism
in the margins, a Madhesi perspective: Madhesi women are not a topic of
discussion, nor is their contribution acknowledged in the national
discourse, by Rita Sah (kp 18/02/2017)
Questioning
the Questions: Caste struggle against structural minds: Let’s challenge
the system by re-imagining, redefining, re-narrating and retelling our
story, by Sarita Pariyar (kp 18/02/2017)
Representation
of women: The Nepali media sector, in general, suffers from patriarchy,
by Sumina Rai Karki (kp 18/02/2017)
The
scourge of stereotype: Even though their workplace is female dominated,
the fact is that the most popular gynecologist in our country is a male,
by Arpana Neopane (kp 18/02/2017)
Ladies
first: Women now hold top management positions in various organizations,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/02/2017)
Rootless:
By
birth a woman belongs to her father’s clan, and then she gets given to
her husband’s. We forget who our mothers and grandmothers are. Their
blood does not flow in our lineage, by Pooja Pant (ht 18/02/2017)
Post
quake rebuilding: Let women lead; With male members away, women have
started rebuilding their homes destroyed by 2015 earthquakes on their
own, by Kriti Bhuju (rep 18/02/2017)
Nepali
women row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake (ht
16/02/2017)
Women now do all the work
in Jumla village, by DB Buda (rep 08/02/2017)
For
some women in need, Hatti Hatti has become a home away from home and a
wellspring for creativity, by Abha Dhital (kp 04/02/2017)
Bill
proposes grounds for divorce (ht 03/02/2017)
Periods
of banishment: Women in western Nepal are starting to refuse to be
thrown out of the house once a month, by Subeksha Poudel (nt
03/02/2017)
Women
learning masonry for financial independence in Nuwakot, by Jaya Ram
Gautam (ht 30/01/2017)
All
in the family: Girls are not safe even within their own homes,
especially in households dislocated by the earthquake, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 27/01/2017)
Migrant workers: Nepali
women ahead of men in committing suicide abroad, by Rudra Khadka
(rep 24/01/2017)
Feminine
FM: Women in radio stir a nationwide conversation, by Emma
Stolarski (nt 20/01/2017)
Inspiration
as we rebuild: Venturing into masonry will improve women’s income and
help them challenge traditional gender roles, by Pratibha Tuladhar
(kp 15/01/2017)
Gender
pay gap: What we can learn from global practices to reduce inequality
in our workforce, by Tara Kanel (kp 15/01/2017)
Stumbling
blocks: Education and modernisation haven’t weakened ingrained
socio-sexual relationships, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 10/01/2017)
Feminism
through art:
Artist Meena Kayastha’s Divine Debris draws on her personal experience
as a woman growing up in Nepal watching other female figures around her
struggle with the limits imposed upon them, by Sophia L. Pande (kp
08/01/2017)
Literacy classes making
women's life easier, by Arjun Bhushal (rep 06/01/2017)
Female
contractor busy building quake-hit village, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 05/01/2017)
Celebrating daughter's
birth in Bajhang raises eyebrows, by Jagat Khadka (rep 04/01/2017)
Women-friendly
agriculture: Agriculture is being feminized in Nepal following the
rapid exodus of men, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 02/01/2017)
Modern farming changing
women's economic status, by Arjun Bam (rep 10/12/2016)
Girls
are the future: Women who have the opportunity to speak up about
challenges women and girls face in Nepali society can help tackle stigma,
by Richard Morris and Gail Marzetti (rep 10/12/2016)
Unequal, by law: When a
girl or woman is viewed in connection with a male figure, it creates an
unequal society, by Anjali Subedi (rep 06/12/2016)
#IWalkFreely:
Survey reveals young women in Nepal are exposed to greater dangers than
just cat calls and wolf whistles, by Asmita Gauchan (nt 02/12/2016)
Re-examining
value of girls, by Jessica Rai (ht 26/11/2016)
Safe
education for all: Structural inequalities and patriarchal attitudes
continue to affect women’s schooling, by Renu Adhikari Rajbhandari
(kp 25/11/2016)
Who
cares? Women
do the bulk of unpaid work in the household cleaning, cooking, washing,
collecting firewood and caring for children and the elderly, by
Sangita Thebe-Limbu (nt 25/11/2016)
495
couples in Okhaldhunga get joint land deeds, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp
21/11/2016)
Where
are all the women? An underlying reason for the low representation of
women in politics is a patriarchal mindset that permeates
political
life, by Avasna Pandey (kp 18/11/2016)
Social
stigma related to sexual violence still rampant in society (ht
17/11/2016)
Global
Gender Gap Index 2016: Nepal fails to improve on 2015’s place (kp
13/11/2016) [see Nepal
data in report by World Economic Forum]
Women’s
health declining from hard toil (ht 10/11/2016)
Women
and climate change: Gender responsive adaptive capacity in communities
in rural Nepal is important, by Sushmita Lama (kp 08/11/2016)
Onward,
nasty women! Although we see and recognize casual and subtle sexism
around us everyday many of us hesitate to stand up and protest, by
Jigyasa Sharma (rep 08/11/2016)
Muslim
community stands against dowry, by Pawan Yadav (kp 07/11/2016)
NIC
urges women to be aware of their rights (ht 05/11/2016), Women yet to benefit from
women-friendly policies, by Tenzin Tsomo (rep 05/11/2016), Women
hesitant to report cases of sexual harassment, by Gyanu Sapkota
(rep 05/11/2016)
Diverse
experiences: It is important to understand that empowerment can take
different forms for different women, by Emma Karki (kp 21/10/2016)
Economic
progress: Invest in 10-year-old girls, by Giulia Vallese (ht
21/10/2016)
Love
of reading increasing among local women in Kavre, by Raj Kumar
Parajuli (ht 17/10/2016)
Nepal
ranks 85th in opportunities for girls (kp 14/10/2016)
Filling the gap: In the
absence of men it’s the women who are taking up the responsibility of
rebuilding houses in rural areas, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep
28/09/2016)
Girls no brides: Around 37
percent Nepali girls are married before they reach 18 and 10 percent
before they reach 15, by David Kainee (rep 22/09/2016)
SAsia
One Billion Rising campaign gets underway: aunched in 2013, One Billion
Rising is a global movement calling for action to end violence against
women and to protect women’s rights (kp 20/09/2016)
Working
women: Women in entertainment sector need to be protected and accorded
dignity (kp 02/09/2016)
Power
to women: Male politicians still do not believe women to be as capable
and deserving as themselves, by Bineeta Gurung (nt 02/09/2016)
In
the driving seat: Apart from proportionate representation, women need
to have rights to grant citizenship as men do, by Shreejana
Shrestha (nt 02/09/2016)
Women
want dignified, exploitation-free work (kp 31/08/2016)
Breaking
taboos surrounding widowhood (kp 29/08/2016)
Quake-hit
girls falling into trafficking trap: According to Maiti Nepal,
trafficking in the earthquake-affected districts has increased after
the earthquakes (kp 02/08/2016)
Unkindest
cut: The increasing frequency of artificial birth in urban Nepal
disempowers women, by Laxmi Tamang (kp 31/07/2016)
Last
women first: Widowed by the war,
rendered homeless by the earthquakes, Nepal’s conflict widows have
drawn the shortest straws and are grappling to stay afloat, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 23/07/2017)
Autumn
of the patriarchy: Social justice, development and peace require Nepali
women to be on equal terms with Nepali men in all fields (nt
15/07/2016)
For
a better today and tomorrow: The longer we take time to invest in
adolescent girls, the more Nepal will miss opportunities for growth,
by Giulia Vallese (kp 10/07/2016), Call
for investing in teenage girls (kp 12/07/2016)
Nepal
ranked 11th in skewed child sex ratio (ht 10/07/2016)
Women
still waiting to rebuild homes and lives: Women survivors of the
earthquake struggle to cope with grief, loneliness and government
neglect, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 24/06/2016)
The
second chapter: Survivors of trafficking help one another rebuild their
lives, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt 24/06/2016)
Widow
woes: Widows are discounted in statistics, neglected by authorities and
lost within the homogeneous women population, by Sumeera Shrestha
(kp 23/06/2016), Some
men never changeTop male politicians are trying to undo the rights
given to women by the constitution, by Asmita Verma (kp
24/06/2016), Widows
demand economic empowerment (ht 24/06/2016)
The
reject brides of Rupandehi: Young women who fell in the snare of child
marriage are being disowned by their husbands and in-laws (kp
17/06/2016)
Female
migrant Nepalis taking up jobs outside domestic confines, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 05/06/2016)
Men,
women and corruption:
Is it women’s participation in politics that is reducing corruption or
is higher corruption deterring women from entering politics?, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp 05/06/2016)
Periodic
blues, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 03/06/2016)
Mobilising
women: Women’s centres help empower women to claim their rights and
regain their footing, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 03/06/2016)
Equal
but unequal: Prez Bhandari, Speaker Magar should clearly state support
for women’s citizenship rights (kp 31/05/2016)
Badi
women demand security, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/05/2016)
2
rape victims disowned by families (kp 25/05/2016)
Visiting
the hinterland: Sometimes, I wonder how my life would be if I was born
as a girl in the Madhesi community, by Jenisha Maharjan (kp
24/05/2016)
Growing
cases of early motherhood a challenge in Madhes, by Santosh Singh
(rep 24/05/2016)
The
girl story: Maya's story shows how to go beyond describing the tough
reality, to changing it, by Anne-Brigitte Albrectsen (rep
18/05/2016)
Investing
in women: The international framework on women's rights has been an
important instrument on the road to gender equality, by Kirsten
Geelan (rep 11/05/2016)
Child
marriage, abortion cases high in Dang: Some women found to have
undergone abortion up to six times in one year before reaching the age
of 20, by Durgalal KC (kp 03/05/2016)
Poverty
and gender: Households headed by females have a lower poverty rate than
those headed by males, by Krishna Kumar Sah (kp 03/05/2016)
They
are sufferers too: Women victims of sexual violence during the Maoist
conflict must get due priority, by Neetu Pokharel and Som Niroula
(kp 27/04/2016)
Women
victimized by polygamy hesitate to go to court, by Chhabilal Tiwari
(rep 27/04/2016)
Invisible
work: With changing gender relations, unpaid care work should now be
given the attention it deserves, by Anjam Singh (kp 21/04/2016)
Tough
going: Women politicians find themselves caught between the devil and
the deep blue sea, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 17/04/2016)
Youths
demand safe city for women (ht 17/04/2016)
‘Needs
of women often overlooked in crisis’ (ht 11/04/2016)
Too
young to marry: Political leaders must move to end child marriage by
considering it a national issue, by Asmita Verma (kp 10/04/2016)
Breaking
taboo, widows wear red (kp 10/04/2016)
A Different Kind Of
Aftershock For Nepali Girls, by Azera Parveen Rahman (kp 05/04/2016)
Women
in Dang: Age no bar for education, by Devendra Basnet (rep
05/04/2016)
Gender
discrimination: Kalikot villages celebrate birth of male child,
by Durgalal KC (kp 31/03/2016)
Women’s
day, every day: Advancing the status of women is not only the right
thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do, by Alaina B. Teplitz
(kp 29/03/2016)
Nepal
hosts its first girl summit in Kathmandu (ht 24/03/2016), Empower
women thru education: Prince Harry (ht 24/03/2016)
Girls
are the future: It is time to unlock the potential of girls in Nepal
and support their empowerment, by Gail Marzetti (kp 23/03/2016)
Women
in the woods: Nepal has a long way to go with regard to achieving
gender equality goals in forestry, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp
21/03/2016)
Meet
calls for empowering women at grassroots level (kp 20/03/2016)
World
Women Conference kicks off (kp 14/03/2016)
Stand-up
for women: Men and women should be seen as two wheels of the same cart,
by Kajol Shah (kp 14/03/2016)
The
other athletes: The country hardly remembers the names of its female
medallists, by Arun Budhathoki (kp 13/03/2016)
Nepal
to host Girl Summit (ht 11/03/2016)
Equality
in true sense: Removing traditional barriers to achieving gender parity
needs greater priority in Nepal (kp 08/03/2016), For
the women: The mainstream women movement has a long way to go before it
can claim to represent ‘all Nepali women’, by Subha Ghale (kp 08/03/2016), Nepal
still needs to give women wider roles: UN; The UN suggests the upcoming
local elections need to be shaped by women as both equal voters and as
candidates (kp 08/03/2016)
Yes,
they can: In rural Nepal girls' attendance drops during agricultural
and festival seasons, they arrive at school late tired due to work
burdens, by Louise C.F. Shah (rep 08/03/2016)
Land
of our daughters: On the International Day of Women, we salute the
millions of women across Nepal who will not have a holiday because they
are too busy feeding and raising their families (nt 04/03/2016)
Our
version of feminism, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 04/03/2016)
Teaching
the write way: Activist challenges notion that social service is solely
for women, by Michael Nishimura (nt 04/03/2016)
Taboo
no more: Why is it so difficult for Nepali society to embrace female
sexuality?, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 04/03/2016)
Child
marriage still rampant: 50 pc women aged 20-49 years got married before
they were 18 (ht 28/02/2016)
The
awakening, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 26/02/2016)
More
women leaders sought in politics (kp 25/02/2016), The
feminist mystique: There is little recognition of the great diversity
of Nepali women even in this day of identity politics, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 25/02/2016), ‘New
forms of violence emerging in society’ (ht 25/02/2016)
Miles
to go: Nepal must bring policies to eliminate gender disparities in our
workplaces, by Anta Yadav (rep 24/02/2016)
Plan
to encourage menstruating girls to attend school, by Maheshwor
Chamling Rai (rep 08/02/2016)
Single
women left in lurch after quake, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
04/01/2016)
Women
continue to fall prey to lure of foreign jobs, by Raju Adhikari
(rep 02/02/2016)
Formalisation
per se does not support Nepali women to expand and ensure the
sustainability of their business, by Mirela Xheneti and Shova Thapa
Karki (kp 27/01/2016)
Unreported
Lives: One ride at a time, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 22/01/2016)
CEDAW:
Govt runs six months past report submission deadline (kp
19/01/2016), Sixth
shadow report to be presented to CEDAW committee (ht 19/01/2016)
Female
quake victims deprived of identity cards: Manu Humagain of National
Women Council says the government must reassess the number of
earthquake victims (kp 18/01/2016)
Ramechhap
women tilling their fields (ht 18/01/2016)
Youth
and gender: Unemployment is a significant impediment to constructive
participation of young people, by Samira Paudel (kp 17/01/2016)
Beyond
the city: Outside the Valley are women acting under a wide spectrum of
roles, yet they are not benifiting from the wildly progressive trends
of the urban centres, by Lauren Peterson (kp 16/01/2016)
Suicide
rate among Tarai women on rise: Report (kp 08/01/2016)
Faux
feminists: Madheshi women pose no threat to national sovereignty and
yet they are denied citizenship on the same pretext, by Kalpana Jha
(rep 06/01/2016), Faux
divisions: I was taken aback when a woman who claims to be a feminist
compared the ongoing blockade to a rape, by Banita Khanal (rep
14/01/2016)
Social
change through political empowerment? Nepal gets first female President
and Speaker of the Parliament in 2015, by Ashok Dahal and Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 31/12/2015)
Women
rights groups, FNJ censure Janaki Temple incident (kp 21/12/2015)
Women
power: Though Nepal’s female labour force is high in the region, it
hides a grim picture (kp 18/12/2015)
Public Safety Is Every
Woman’s Human Right, by Rakhi Ghosh (rn 12/12/2015)
Equality
for women still a far cry in Nepali media, says GMMP report (ht
27/11/2015)
Chhaupadi
practice still continues in Dailekh villages: Arjun Shahi of Rakam in
the district says VDC offices banned the superstitious practice without
proper preparations, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 18/11/2015)
Case
for quotas: As long as gender discrimination persists in society women
will continue to need reservations, by Seema Subedi (kp 18/11/2015)
Still
second sex: Despite the election of a female president, Nepal needs to
do a lot more to empower its women, by Mira Kafle (kp 26/11/2015)
Not
by chance: Bhandari's win has to be viewed in terms of changes in
Nepali social structure in the past three decades, by Pranab Kharel
(rep 04/11/2015)
Self-defence
training boosts Valley women’s confidence, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
02/11/2015), On
guard: Self-defence classes and other efforts to curb gender violence
should go in tandem (kp 03/11/2015)
Celebrating Nepal's
Presidential Election: Female Power Rising, by Prem Khatry (rn
03/11/2015)
Women
breaking with tradition (ht 02/11/2015)
‘Prez
election a morale-booster for all women’ (ht 02/11/2015)
Single
women await reconstruction relief, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
28/10/2015)
More
than half the sky: Despite their hard work millions of rural women are
still socially disadvantaged, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 25/10/2015)
Nepal
earthquake continues to drive aftershocks through the lives of women
(ht 25/10/2015)
Early
marriage taking toll on youths' health, future, by Janak KC (rep
20/10/2015)
Gender-bender:
Everyone should be allowed to behave the way they want to regardless of
their gender, by Paridhi Acharya (kp 18/10/2015)
Women,
girls not safe in open spaces: WHR (ht 17/10/2015)
The
right to have rights: The new Constitution lays bare misogynistic and
patriarchal psyches that usually hide behind nationalism, by
Sangita Thebe Limbu (nt 16/10/2015)
WWP
to support informal sector women: Cabin restaurants, massage parlours
and dance bars make up the core of the entertainment industry and there
are 13,000 women in the entertainment business (kp 14/10/2015)
Pride
and prejudice: Is treating women as second-class citizens the only way
to avert the possibility of a geopolitical crisis?, by Sophia K.
Tamot (kp 14/10/2015)
Study:
Many women feel unsafe at home (kp 12/10/2015)
Rage
against the machine: The ‘linga’ is god and we must continue to
prostrate before it. We must endlessly pray to it so that it rescues us
from our wretched existence, by Zahra (kp 03/10/2015)
Law
impedes progress of women: Report (kp 26/09/2015)
The
unending woes of women workers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/09/2015)
Still
the second sex: Women are being discriminated against, raped, forced
into prostitution in foreign countries—but what are we going to do
about it?, by Abhinawa Devkota (kp 19/09/2015)
By
the women: This year, let us celebrate Teej by making a contribution to
the quake-affected women, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp 13/09/2015)
A
small, well-lighted place: A group of single women and widows have been
attempting to procure loans to start small businesses for themselves.
But because of onerous government provisions they have been stymied in
their efforts, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/09/2015)
Double
jeopardy: Upper caste people use their social, economic and political
power to silence the Dalit women, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
12/09/2015)
Not
a Private Affair: Brides stumble upon a precarious position in the
house, because she is still a new family family member and will be
treated like an outsider, by Sachi Mulmi (rep 11/09/2015)
Back
with babies: Women migrant workers returning penniless and with
children face a double stigma at home, by Rojita Adhikari (nt
11/09/2015)
Rescue
me not: Family, society and culture tell women who we are and how we
need to be, and what we can and cannot do, by Anjana Rajbhandary
(nt 11/09/2015)
Single
women ‘left without access to relief: There are 498,606 single women in
the country and it is estimated that around 2,000 women lost their
husbands in the earthquake, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 02/09/2015)
Through
the barricades: Many Nepali women migrant workers overcome seemingly
insurmountable odds to make enough to start out on their own upon their
return home, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 29/08/2015)
Marriage
registration: Women must register in native district: Govt (kp
16/08/2015)
HIV
infected and poverty ridden single women struggling hard to survive,
by Barun Paneru (rep 13/08/2015)
Civil
and Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Post
earthquake concerns: Women facing family issues (kp 09/08/2015)
The
roti-beti bette noire: The Madhesi woman is arguably the most talked
about individual in Nepali politics; According to men, she has the
power to change Nepal’s demography all by herself, by Darshan Karki
(kp 08/08/2015)
Earthquake
victims: Single women left to fend for themselves, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 04/08/2015)
More
Kaski women filing for divorce (ht 29/07/2015)
UNPF
works for female quake victims (kp 26/07/2015)
Female
refugees of Nepal’s earthquake: A new wave of outmigration of Nepali
women desperate to earn cash to rebuild family homes, by Karma
Gurung (nt 24/07/2015)
Women
in disaster: Needs of quake affected female victims call for special
attention (kp 17/07/2015)
Wrong
conversation: The disaster retoric that emphasizes women's suffering
takes away focus from the dynamic role women can play in rebuilding
their communities, by Kristen Zipperer (rep 11/07/2015)
Fear
the future: Drafters of the constitution have demonstrated myopia
rather than long-term vision for gender equality, by Pramod Mishra
(kp 09/07/2015)
Native
aliens: The message is clear: Men own this country; Women had no place
in Nepal in the past and they will have no place in Nepal in the future,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 09/07/2015)
Women
entering men’s work domain: Report (ht 06/07/2015)
Girl:
talk period: More than 20% of girls miss school during their period
finds a new study, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 03/07/2015)
Nepal’s
post-quake should boost women: UN (kp 27/06/2015)
No
easy way out: We cannot be ‘doing feminism’ without addressing
questions of racism and heterosexism within the citizenship debate,
by Kumud Rana (kp 26/06/2015)
CDC
sub-panel settles citizenship issue, by Prakash Acharya (ht
17/06/2015) [The male Bahun overlords as
based on their traditional Hindu thinking have decided that women will
remain second or third class citizens under the new constitution,
subordinate to male persons! This issue is symbolic for what can be
expected from the consequences of the 16-point-agreement!!]
Single
women struggling for survival in far-west region (ht 16/06/2015)
Service
centre winning confidence of people (ht 16/06/2015)
Women
living in tents learn to fend off sexual harassment (kp 01/06/2015)
Conspiracy
of silence: It is high time we began questioning, debating, and
discussing menstrual taboos more publicly, by Mona Shrestha
Adhikari (kp 28/05/2015)
Demand
for rehabilitation of Badi women (kp 07/04/2015)
Nepali
Muslim women: Forgotten and discriminated, by Chunni Khatun (ht
03/04/2015)
Privileged
freedom: Progressive families send girls abroad for education so they
come back and readjust to traditional gender roles, by Anjana
Rajbhandary (nt 27/03/2015)
Educated
and unemployed: More women are pursuing education degrees, but it will
be difficult to gainfully engage them in work, by Deepak Thapa (kp
26/03/2015)
Daughters
as traitors: By doing away with the ‘or’ provision on citizenship, the
state is seeking to institute gender bias as a national policy, by
Anjita Parajuli (kp 17/03/2015)
Education And Women In
Nepal, by Shree Prasad Devkota and Shiba Bagale (rn 15/03/2015)
Waiting
for an epitaph: Today’s woman is freer than her mother or grandmother,
but her freedom is still circumscribed, by Vishwendra Paswan and
Shakun Sherchand (kp 13/03/2015)
‘Mainstream’
feminism, by Seira Tamang (kp 11/03/2015)
Time
to go big: Imagine a society where women entrepreneurs export products
to meet international demand, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp
08/03/2015)
A
woman’s lot in Nepal, by Jamie McGoldrick (ht 08/03/2015)
Three-fourths
of the sky: Every day should be International Women’s Day (nt
06/03/2015)
Standing
above the crowd, by Ayesha Shakya (nt 06/03/2015)
Being
Nepali or becoming Nepali? Nepal has one of the most progressive laws
on gay and lesbian rights, but still treats its women as second-class
citizens, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt 06/03/2015)
Living
in fear: Women are taught to be fearful and shameful for things they
have no say in, by Tsering Dolker (nt 6/03/2015)
All
about the attitude: The Nepali government has already created workplace
policies that should help women in the workplace; But unless the men
who run organisations willingly implement them, working women will
continue to be treated unfairly, by Chahana Sigdel (kp 14/02/2015)
Women
facing dowry torture from in-laws (ht 13/02/2015)
A
silent killer: Suicide among Nepali women aged 15-45 increased from 10
percent in 1998 to 16 percent in 2009; It is now leading cause of death
among Nepali women of reproductive age, by Sabi Gurung (rep
07/02/2015)
Around
4,000 girls rescued every year (ht 03/02/2015)
Widowed
early, young women come together to support each other, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (rep 26/01/2015)
Women's Cooperatives A
National Pride, by Thakur Singh Tharu (rn 23/01/2015)
Trafficking
victims shunned by own family: Most of the victims said they were
forced to take shelter at Maiti Nepal after their families turn their
backs on them, by Mohan Budhair (kp 08/01/2015)
Businesses
lift women out of poverty, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 04/01/2015)
The
feminist mystique: It is important to reiterate, even after decades of
global feminist activism, that feminism does not translate to a hatred
of men, by Subecha Dahal (kp 04/01/2015)
Doubly
alienated: Nepali women who work as domestic workers in the Middle East
and return home with babies conceived through rape find it extremely
difficult to reintegrate into society, by Ransubba Gurung (kp
03/01/2015)
Literacy
classes working wonders on rural women (ht 01/01/2014)
Old
state: Women and citizenship (rep 27/12/2014)
Disabled
women face many kinds of violence (ht 10/12/2014)
Empowering
the other half: All out against VAW, by Gail Marzetti (ht 10/12/2014)
The
price of sacrifice: Two women politicians who devoted huge chunks of
their lives for a greater cause now have to reconcile with their
children, by Darshan Karki (kp 06/12/2014)
Karnali
concerns: Mugu, Humla women seek govt presence in their villages,
by Weena Pun (kp 04/12/2014)
Field
notes: Gender stereotypes in the agriculture labour market discourage
women from practicing farming, by Hritika Rana (kp 28/11/2014)
A
never-ending tale: Violence-free Asia and the Pacific for women is just
a mere facade, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 28/11/2014)
Half-widows
of war: Hand-in-hand, wives of those disappeared in the war help each
other cope with life, by Trishna Rana (nt 28/11/2014))
Prostitution
flourishes right under nose of authorities, by Arjun Poudel (rep
24/11/2014), Flesh
trade attracts young girls in Itahari, by Amar Khadka (rep
24/11/2014)
Citizenship
by descent issued in mother’s name (ht 11/11/2014) [Nepal will only be an inclusive state when such
news are not sensational but normal routine!!]
Swept
along: Women were attracted to the Maoist party because of its focus on
gender equality, not available to them in their former life, by
Sewa Bhattarai (rep 06/11/2014)
The
ignored half: How can we as a nation move forward when roughly half of
our population is denied access to proper education, nutrition, health
and economy, by Khusbhu Mishra (rep 05/11/2014)
The
pursuit of austerity: The values of austerity shape a whole generation
of women who identify themselves as Maoists, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep
31/10/2014)
Life
after marriage, by Kalu Maila (rep 31/10/2014)
Menstruation
myth, by Pushpa Palanchoke (rep 30/10/2014)
Nepal
narrowing gender disparity (kp 29/10/2014) [See Global
Gender Gap Report 2014 by World Economic Forum; Nepal country
profile on pages 280-1], Pay
parity still eludes Bhaktapur women workers, by Anup Ojha (kp
29/10/2014), Nepal
ranks 112th in Global Gender Gap, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
29/10/2014), Narrowing
the gap: Progress in closing the gender gap will require greater
political participation (kp 30/10/2014)
Bajura
yet to rid itself of Chhaupadi tradition: New trail built for
menstruating women (ht 22/10/2014)
A
lady and a witch: Efforts to shape a woman’s identity around notions of
what is considered 'acceptable' normalise misogyny, by Suman Khadka
(kp 21/10/2014)
Empower
adolescents, end violence (ht 14/10/2014)
Talking
about gender: Most men still do not recognise that gender inequality
negatively affects them too, by Nerine Guinée (kp 14/10/2014)
Digital
divide: Women should be equipped with digital skills to level the
playing field in job market, by Ravi Kumar (rep 12/10/2014)
Diverging
on Dashain: The practice of first celebrating Dashain with the
husband’s family reflects existing gender inequalities, by Pramila
Rai (kp 01/10/2014)
A
vow to fight violence against women: Feminist leaders and women rights
advocates take stage to express their solidarity to a global campaign
for gender equality, by Chahana Sigdel (kp 29/09/2014)
Growing
at the grassroots: The roles of local women activists in the promotion
of national peace building have gone largely unrecognised, by Radha
Paudel (kp 28/09/2014)
Discourse
and reality: Despite the political rhetoric of women’s empowerment, the
state of Nepal’s women remains bleak, by Suresh Pranjali (kp
26/09/2014)
Statute
of denial: Nepal’s archaic laws put a deadline on reporting sex crimes,
by Mallika Aryal (nt 26/09/2014)
Misery
of Chhaupadi for new mothers (ht 24/09/2014)
Early
marriage deprives girls of educational opportunities, by Mohan
Shahi (kp 22/09/2014)
There
is systematic exclusion in the conferral of citizenships, interview
with Sapana Pradhan Malla (kp 22/09/2014)
Personal
is political: When it comes to gender sensitivity, engineering schools
in Nepal have a long way to go, by Heema Rai (kp 21/09/2014)
The
long fight: Women have been pleading with the law makers to respect
their independent identity in citizenship issues, by Avima Upreti
(rep 20/09/2014)
Challenges
galore: Women bring different perspective and set of traditional skills
to forest management and are known to care for biodiversity, by
Richa Bhattarai (kp 07/09/2014)
Defining
marriage or curbing women’s rights? Activists decry a proposed clause
on family law that is against SC ruling, by Weena Pun (kp
06/09/2014) [Nepal is still centuries away
from accepting absolute equality of women and men against the law!]
Assuming
fake identity: Women aspiring for work abroad are forced to accept
forged passport by employment agents - thanks to flawed labor law,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 01/09/2014)
Women
representation in civil service dismal, by Dipal Bayalkoti (kp
30/08/2014)
Menstruation
practices in urban households: Tussles between older and younger
generations turn urban homes into constant battlefields, by Sewa
Bhattarai (rep 29/08/2014)
Half
the sky: Nepal inches toward gender equality, but challenges galore in
this predominantly patriarchal society, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
26/08/2014)
Expanding
security: Rhetoric of making Nepal more ‘secure’ by male elites must be
closely critiqued for what it means for Nepali women, by Seira
Tamang (kp 14/08/2014)
The
struggle within: Indigenous movements must acknowledge women’s issues,
not just limited to reproduction and sexuality, by Tashi Tewa Dolpo
(kp 13/08/2014)
Nepal's
fertility rate: Celeb statsman makes figures come alive, by Weena
Pun (kp 08/08/2014)
Relief
for victimised women remains unused (kp 25/07/2014)
The
status of widows: Sans human dignity, by Ambika Pandey (ht
25/07/2014)
Woman
kicked out from home for dowry (ht 23/07/2014)
It’s
tough being a woman in Bajura: Hard labour, backbreaking jobs only way
to earn a living in the villages, by Prakash Singh (ht 20/07/2014)
Stakeholders
for greater participation of women in politics (rep 16/07/2014)
A
burning issue: Women’s health does not simply comprise maternity and
reproductivehealth; acute respiratory infections are also an
occupational hazard, by Anita Karki (kp 15/07/2014)
Bajura
girls skip school for 5 days every month, by Krishna Oli (rep
02/07/2014)
Time
for action: Human civilisation has done away with many ill traditions
but violence against women persists in different forms, by Purna
Thapa (rep 02/07/2014)
Women
on the move: Gender shapes mobility and thus, constitutes an arena
where female empowerment in Nepal can be discussed, by Gitta
Shrestha (kp 29/06/2014)
Out
of the whirlpool: How a cooperative founded and run by female sex
workers helped one prostitute break the cycle of exploitation and
hopelessness, and how it could help many more like her, by Weena
Pun (kp 28/06/2014)
Women
take to streets against child marriage, dowry, by Jitendra Kumar
Jha (rep 28/06/2014)
Domestic
violence against women: Muslim women found to be more vulnerable,
by Arjun Oli (rep 27/06/2014)
Dalit
women campaign against dowry, child marriage in Rautahat, by Madan
Thakur (rep 23/06/2014), Dalit
women start campaign against dowry, by Shiva Puri (kp 02/07/2014)
Not
there yet: Our social structure gives a man unquestioned probity
whilethe moral integrity of a woman is constantly interrogated, by
Barsha Paudel (kp 22/06/2014)
Biased
gender views rife among adolescents (kp 21/06/2014)
Selective
abortions on rise in far-west districts: Education and awareness in
these areas a must to check slaughter of unborn daughters, by
Prakash Singh (ht 20/06/2014)
Widow
remarriage remains a taboo: Young women lose their hubbies to armed
conflict and happiness to social norms, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
08/06/2014)
Women
workers are doubly vulnerable, by Rojita Adhikari (nt 06/06/2014)
Women
returnees from jobs abroad face social ostracism (ht 06/06/2014)
Single
and Suffering, by Nirjana Sharma (rep 06/06/2014)
Menstruating
teachers not allowed in Bajhang schools, by Jagat Khadka (rep
31/05/2014)
Anti-chhaupadi
girls say their campaign bearing fruit (ht 30/05/2014)
Ghettoed
in the name of deities: Women in Western Nepal still subject to
inhumane Chhaupadi practices, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 21/05/2014)
Inheritance
of hope: The law guarantees equal rights to women but discriminations
against them persist, by Swechha Ghimire (rep 19/05/2014)
Plight
of single women in Bajura, by Krishna Oli (rep 17/04/2014)
Bodily
rights, by Roshani Dhamala (rep 16/05/2014)
More
equal than others: Ensuring equal property rights for women, before and
after marriage, could go some way towards eliminating the dowry practice,
by Seema Pandey (kp 09/05/2014)
From
the margins: It is going to be a long way before society stops blaming
women for everything that goes wrong in their lives, by Prateebha
Tuladhar (kp 04/05/2014)
Women
holding up half the sky, by Nirjana Sharma (rep 03/05/2014)
Women
power: It is time to move beyond tokenism and internalise the need to
empower women, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 29/04/2014)
No
citizenship through mother: DPM Gautam (rep 24/04/2014) [Male Bahun UML leaders are obviously
showing their true face! This man is absolutely diqualified for the
process towards an inclusive Nepal and should be dismissed immediately!!],
Bamdev's
misogyny: Home minister seems to believe a woman is not a complete
individual or citizen in herself and that she is always subordinate to
a man, by Anjali Subedi (rep 01/05/2014) [He
really believes in this! This is typical male Thagadhari thinking that
should have no place in a new Nepal! There is no chance for a better
Nepal with ministers like Bam Dev Gautam!!]]
Saarc,
UN Women sign pact on gender equality in South Asia (kp 16/04/2014)
Songs
for change: Through increased participation in music, women are
challeging deep-seated patriarchal norms in society, by Prabin
Shrestha (kp 13/04/2014)
Maids
or daughters? You call the conjugal relationship as two wheels of the
same cart but how can the cart move when you make one wheel weak and
fragile?, by Munna Dahal (rep 12/04/2014)
Nepal’s
mobile widows: Owning a phone empowers single mothers, helps them
become independent, and earn respect, by Juanita Malagon (nt
11/04/2014)
What
holds them back?, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep 28/03/2014)
Plight
of the poor: Domestic servants, by Bindesh Dahal (rep 26/03/2014)
Women
launch anti-Chhaupadi campaign in West Surkhet (nn 22/03/2014)
Women’s
Cause: A Call For Autonomous Efforts, by Avinash Mishra (rn
21/03/2014)
Strategising
women’s rights: The role of women in political parties must be a key
concern for the women's movement, by Seira Tamang (kp 19/03/2014)
Dhaka
weaving helps women to stand on own feet, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
18/03/2014)
Treat
them right: A radical change in social perceptions is essential for
women's true liberation; educated men should practice what they preach
to end sexism, by Keshar M. Ghimire (rep 15/03/2014)
Mostly
women are victimized in inter-caste marriage, by Khema Basnet (rep
14/03/2014)
Woman
takes up mason’s job, by Durga Lal KC (kp 11/03/2014)
Common
cause: There is a need to broaden the understanding of the women’s
movement in Nepal, beyond the activism led by NGOs, by Neeti Aryal
Khanal (kp 11/03/2014)
Muslim
girl deprived of higher education, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
10/03/2014)
Artistes
rock to rock patriarchy, by Weena Pun (kp 09/03/2014), Govt
to uplift women’s status, says PM Koirala (kp 09/03/2014) [Yes, by
disregarding them! Look at your own government! Look at your own party!!],
Women
unsafe at their own homes: INSEC (rep 09/03/2014), 3,000
VAW cases in 2013 (kp 09/03/2014), Dhading
Police establishes women cells in all VDCs, by Sudip Kaini (kp 09/03/2014)
Female
land owners up threefold in decade: In rural and Himalayan
regions, the discounts are 30 percent and 40 percent respectively
(kp 08/03/2014)
Women's
Rights: Continuing Fight, by Nikki Sharma (sp 07/03/2014)
Equal
property rights: On paper a woman is eligible to equal share of
property; but is it really equal?, by Nitya Pandey (rep
07/03/2014), Macho
nationalism: A Nepali man can marry anyone and his child will be
Nepali, but if a Nepali woman marries a foreigner her child can be
denied citizenship, by Mallika Aryal (nt 07/03/2014), Not
just half the sky: Let’s not ‘celebrate’ International Women’s Day on
Saturday. Let’s mark it as a day of mourning (nt 07/03/2014)
The
inexorable march: Why Nepal is becoming a more equal society, by
Biswas Baral (rep 07/03/2014)
Int’l
Women’s Day: Discrimination against women still persists (nn
06/03/2014)
Kailali
women becoming self-reliant (ht 06/03/2014)
Falling
out: Uterine prolapse is not just about health; it is a women’s rights
issue (kp 24/02/2014)
Eyes
of the world: International attention can often support the efforts of
local activists, by Aruna Uprety (kp 23/02/2014), Better
tomorrow: Discrimination against women is a result of their low
socio-economic status, by Pratima Bhattarai (kp 23/02/2014)
Sex
workers denounce raids, call on govt to regulate the sector, by
Anjali Subedi (rep 01/02/2014)
High
male migration: Females left to fend for themselves, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 25/01/2014), Villages
without men, by Barun Paneru (rep 25/01/2014), Males’
absence changes women’s role, by Shiva Sharma and Purna BK (kp
17/01/2014)
Of
misogynists and bed-warmers: Female quotas in the CA should be for
feminist women leaders who use political positions to help women’s
causes, by Suman Khadka (kp 21/01/2014)
Undeterred‚
determined, by Sangita Shrestha (ht 05/01/2014) (on Charimaya
Tamang)
Nepali
women's protracted battle for equality rages on, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 01/01/2014)
A
suitable groom: Women should choose men who not only believe in
equality but also practise it, by Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp 27/12/2013)
Laws
on inheritance: Women still fighting for equal rights, by Weena Pun
(kp 26/12/2013)
Where
helping women is against men’s ‘prestige’, by Mohan Shahi (rep
21/12/2013)
Durgamandu
declared free of Chhaupadi, by Mohan Shahi (kp 23/12/2013)
The
present status of Nepali women, by Ashmita Bhattarai (rep
21/12/2013)
Nepali
women can reclaim their voice through financial independence, by
Catherine Nixon (devex 21/12/2013)
Campaign
against Chhaupadi in Kailali village, by Padam Sapkota (ht
14/12/2013)
Catering
for widows' empowerment, by Alana Rosenbaum (rep 13/12/2013)
Rowa
to be first Chhaupadi-free VDC in Mugu, by Suman Malla (rep
10/12/2013)
Ruby
in the rough: A young woman in Nepalganj strives to be a strong role
model for others to help them fight the right fight, by Mallika
Aryal (nt 06/12/2013)
Woman
fights against forced divorce, by Shiva Prasad Uprety (ht
01/12/2013)
Token
representation: Within a patriarchal context, women end up playing
political roles on male terms, by Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa (kp
08/11/2013)
Cultural
violence: When they are the most in need of nutricious food, care
and hygiene, women are compelled to live like animals, by
Ankita K.C. (rep 30/10/2013)
Forced
marriage still in practice in Bajura villages, by Arjun Shah (kp
27/10/2013)
Nepal
ranked 121st in global gender gap report (kp 26/10/2013)
Let’s
talk about girls: Nepal has laws that prohibit child marriages, but not
the enforcement mechanisms, by Aleksandra Percynska (nt 11/10/2013)
Spot
of bother: Menstruation taboos (rep 09/10/2013)
Girls
at Bajura school skip class during menstruation, by Krishna Oli
(rep 07/10/2013)
The
other side of motherhood, by Cilla Khatry (rep 04/10/2013)
Smithy
raises seven Dalit women’s economic status, by Krishna Prasad
Gautam (kp 30/09/2013)
Dalit
women faced with twofold violence, by Laxman Darnal (rep 27/09/2013)
Vicious
voodoo: Accusations of witchcraft and the ensuing effects are some of
the worst forms of violence against women, by Manisha Subedi (kp
22/09/2013)
Rebellion
or hollow victory? That the Maoists lifted the banda on durr day was a
symbolic victory; women now need to look for bigger fish to fry, by
Suman Khadka (kp 15/09/2013)
Unmet
goal: Nepal is unlikely to empower women and achieve gender equality by
2015 (kp 13/09/2013)
Breaking
Silence: WaterAid Nepal organized a program bringing various
stakeholders to help people break the silence on menstrual hygiene
(sp 07/09/2013)
Women
rights activists fail to capitalise on Teej, by Weena Pun (kp
06/09/2013)
An
apologizing ceremony: Is menstruation a sin?, by Nitya Pandey (rep
06/09/2013)
On
putting mind over matter: I believe awareness is the key in this
matter; Women should be made conscious regarding their rights to vote
and choose their own leaders and representatives, interview with
Sarita Giri (rep 06/09/2013)
43
per cent Nepali females illiterate: UN (ht 04/09/2013)
Hard
bargain: Circumstances cause women to migrate for money, leaving behind
things far more important than money can ever buy, by Shristi Joshi
(rep 04/09/2013)
The
silent half: Girls have less social interaction than boays; reflecting
on dialogues are instrumental to our understanding of reality, by
Ashok Raj Khati (rep 03/09/2013)
One
thing at a time: Efforts to improve the lives of Badi women and their
children must target specific needs, by Sony K.C. (kp 25/08/2013)
Race
and prostitution: A nuanced analysis that goes beyond associating sex
work with naïve female victims and poverty is missing, by Kumud
Rana (kp 20/08/2013)
Spoils
of war: The Maoist insurgency, more than any exogenously driven
campaign or development intervention, helped empower women socially and
economically, by Ranjita Sapkota (kp 13/09/2013)
Stifled
rights: Sex-selective Abortion, by Adity Karki (rep 31/07/2013)
Badi
women: is there a life beyond prostitution?, by Bibbi Abruzzini (sp
26/07/2013)
Every
young girl has the right to fulfill her human potential, by Giulia
Vallese (sp 26/07/2013)
A
few good women: Lack of female officers at police stations seriously
affects women’s access to justice, especially for Madhesis, by
Bhabes Kumar Labh (kp 26/07/2013)
Women
at arms: Instead of feminising the traditionally male Army, women are
indoctrinated to behave like men, challenging the very notion of
femininity, by Indra Adhikari (kp 19/07/2013)
Bewitched:
The witchcraft system denounces a human being, generally a weak person,
who cannot defend oneself, by Gérard Toffin (kp 16/07/2013)
No
country for young girls: The custom of child marriage in Nepal, by
Om Astha Rai (rep 12/07/2013)
Rise
above: Despite worldwide movements for equal rights and representation,
Nepali women remain disadvantaged, whether in politics, education,
legal rights or economic status, by Rama Bashyal (kp 07/07/2013)
Economic
empowerment key to end violence against Dalit women (rep 05/07/2013)
Number
of girl dropouts in Kanchanpur schools increases due to early marriage
(nn 01/07/2013)
UN
Women calls for broad gender mainstreaming (ht 29/06/2013)
At
risk, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 29/06/2013)
Call
to utilise single women’s fundproperly (ht 29/06/2013)
The
lives of women, by Sadia Khatri (kp 16/06/2013)
From
blind to balanced: Current climate change policies are regressive in
terms of gender inclusiveness and will perpetuate existing inequalities,
by Basundhara Bhattarai (kp 04/06/2013)
Half
the sky: Effective interventions must engage men to address social
norms that legitimise male power, control and the use of violence,
by Sambriddhi Kharel (kp 31/05/2013)
Muslim
women seek their rights, by Rakesh Chaudhary (rep 31/05/2013)
Chepang
women lack health awareness: Health workers (kp 28/05/2013)
Who
does the dishes? We need to recognise and break the cycle of gendered
division of labour within our homes, by Kumud Rana (kp 26/05/2013)
In
the driving seat: Women affirmed their agency at the Rato
Machhindranath jatra (kp 24/05/2013)
Midlife
education: Women beating illiteracy, by Asmita Manandhar (rep
17/05/2013)
Life
of a housewife cop, by Nitya Pandey (rep 17/05/2013)
Silent
sufferings, by Bibek Bhandari (rep 17/05/2013)
Mother's
citizenship still not being accepted (ht 06/05/2013), Mind
the gap: Citizenship through mothers, by Avima Upreti (rep
06/05/2013)
`Social
ills impel women migration' (ht 03/05/2013)
All
the single ladies: The time is ripe to mobilise single women for
peacebuilding, by Lily Thapa (kp 30/04/2013)
Women
in media: ‘Few employed, few quoted’ (kp 26/04/2013)
Bhojpur
women more vulnerable to disease than men because of work over-load
(nn 17/04/2013)
Subtle
ploys: Domination of women, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 16/04/2013)
Not
just wives and daughters: Feminist leaders who serve in our name should
remember that a political position is not an end but a means to
actually do something for us, by Suman Khadka (kp 14/04/2013)
Radha
Paudel: A Changemaker, by Nistha Rayamajhi (rep 12/04/2013)
More
than quotas: More than quotas, by Barsha Paudel (rep 11/04/2013)
The
female factor: Women's equality in different sectors still a far cry,
by Punya Poudel (rep 05/04/2013)
A
tale of two female ‘drivers’, by Krishna Dangi (kp 30/03/2013)
Things
are changing: It may take a few more years to end the chou goth system
in far west Nepal, but it will happen, by Aruna Uprety (kp
17/03/2013)
The
missing link: Gender equality, by Binod Sijapati (rep 17/03/2013)
Moulding
beauty: At 26, Mina is single and independent, a characteristic one
will find in a number of women her age in Nepal today, D.J. Clark
and Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 16/03/2013)
Feminine
strength: Empowering Nepali women, by Suraj Thapa (rep 13/03/2013)
Women
awarded for their roles (kp 09/03/2013)
Dowry:
A noose around her neck?, by Sangita Shrestha (ht 09/03/2013)
Miles
to go, by Yang Hao (rep 09/03/2013)
A
promise is a promise: A look back at the progress made in women’s
rights over the years and towards the challenges the future holds,
by Prativa Subedi (kp 09/03/2013)
Problems
‘galore’ for Muslim women, by Janak Nepal (kp 09/03/2013)
Unsung
heroes: The single mothers, by Cilla Khatry (rep 08/03/2013)
Nepal’s
gender apartheid: The real day for women is still a long way away in
Nepal, by Deepti Gurung (nt 08/03/2013)
Empowering
women to become change makers, by Nistha Rayamajhi (rep 08/03/2013)
Despite
odds Women doing good in journalism, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
05/03/2013)
Nepal
capable of combating discrimination, by Arjun Kumar Khadka (kp
05/03/2013)
Lack
of awareness, impunity hurdles to women's rights, by Chitra Lekha
Yadav (kp 05/03/2013)
Chhaupadi
still taking root in Dailekh VDCs, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
03/03/2013)
Opportunities
and challenges: Women in workforce, by Mukesh Khanal (rep
03/03/2013)
Girl
power: Opportunities for women (rep 27/02/2013)
Scooty,
tempo, sapana: Three events that led to a better understanding of
feminism, by Sanjay Sharma (kp 20/02/2013)
Freedom
to love: It's time to scrap the age-old tradition of girls waiting for
boys to say the magic words, by Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp 14/02/2013)
‘19
percent women practise Chhaupadi’ (kp 10/02/2013)
Conditioning
violence: The current state of rising impunity against women should be
turned into an opportunity to educate our sons and daughters on the
value of equality, justice and respectful coexistence, by Anjita
Parajuli (kp 10/02/2013)
The
women in blue, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 09/02/2013)
Women
in our sentences, by Smriti Jaiswal Ravindra (kp 09/02/2013)
Bringing
widow's rights to the forefront, interview with Lily Thapa (rep
08/02/2013), Single
women: Light On Their Plight: A two-day international conference on
single (widowed) women highlighted their plight (sp 08/02/2013)
Gender
based violence: Occupy Baluwatar highlights the issue, by Cilla
Khatry (rep 08/02/2013), Occupy
Baluwatar: A dawn of hope but a cry in the wilderness, by Namrata
Sharma (rep 08/02/2013)
Economic
empowerment a must for widows: Despite supportive religious
and state laws,grip of patriarchy hindering progress of ‘single
women’in South Asia region, by Kokila K.C. (ht 05/02/2013)
Fighting
spirits: A mother-daughter duo epitomizes the strength and caliber of
Sherpa women, by Richa Bhattarai (rep 01/02/2013)
Misplaced
priorities, by Cilla Khatry (rep 01/02/2013), Parenthood
planning for mother-child wellbeing, by Asmita Manandhar (rep
01/02/2013)
Early
marriage force Muslim, Madhesi girls to drop out from school (nn
31/01/2013)
Gender
discrimination: Unequal rights, by Raja Ram Dhungana (rep
28/01/2013)
Proportional
powers: Proportional inclusion of women in power structures is the best
measure to combat crimes against women, by Bipin Shah (kp
22/01/2013)
Women
and girls: The visible force for disaster-resilience, by
Ratindra Khatri (ht 21/01/2013)
Touching
on untouchable: When criticising our religious practices, we end up
criticising elders who inform us of them rather than the scriptures
that propose them, by Astha Sharma Pokharel (rep 21/01/2013)
A
window for change: Women in Nepal encounter threats to personal
security throughout their lives, and society and the state have so far
been of little help in ensuring them protection against these, by
Arzu Rana Deuba (kp 12/01/2013), Barbarity
of the mind: What must hurt more than the bodily harm one sustains in
cases of sexual abuse, is what it does to the mind, to one’s perception
of the world, by Manisha Neupane (kp 12/01/2013), Creatures
of conditioning: The prevalence of rape and other forms of gender based
violence are a reflection of the inadequacies and ineffectiveness of
our social structures and institutions, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp
12/01/2013), Giving
a movement momentum, by Shreya Thapa (kp 12/01/2013), Precious:
If one is introduced to the rigours of patriarchy at marriage, the real
row with it begins when one gives birth to a baby girl, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/01/2013), The
trigger? The lack of strict legal measures doesn’t help, but it’s the
kind of minds and consciences that enable these grotesque crimes
against women that is the problem, by Amrit Bhandari (kp 12/01/2013)
Far
from matriarchy, by Namrata Sharma (rep 11/01/2013)
Women
are left to their own devices, by Pratima Pariyar (rep 11/01/2013)
Changing
Deep-rooted Culture of Violence against Women, by Raj Maharjan (nn
10/01/2013)
Study
seeks end to dowry custom (ht 06/01/2016)
Shamed
into silence, by Amrit Bhandari (kp 05/01/2013)
The
halfway point, by Ayush Joshi (kp 29/12/2012)
Gender-bender:
It is time to imagine women in the driver’s seat—literally, by Anil
Bhattarai (kp 23/12/2012)
Mid-level
crisis: Even the most well-qualified and skilled women are having a
hard time breaking the glass ceiling, by Puja Tandon (nt 14/12/2012)
Women
on the move: Female migrant workers are helping to improve the living
standard of their families, by Renu Rajbhandari and Namita Nepal
(kp 13/12/2012)
Beyond
the pale: Badi girl children, by Pushpa Palanchoke (rep 11/12/2012)
Girls
Endure Abuse as Domestic Workers, Seek Education in Nepal, by Usha
K.C. (rep 07/12/2012)
Still
a long way to women empowerment, by Pragati Shahi (kp 04/12/2012)
Plan
to empower rural women (kp 30/11/2012)
Women
rights defenders themselves at risk (ht 30/11/2012)
Women
human rights defenders day: Chhaupadi thrives as women suffer, by
Prakash Adhikari (kp 29/11/2012)
Maid
in Arabia: The age ban on women migrants is not only hurting women but
also Nepal’s GDP, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/11/2012)
Girl
power(less)? Gender bias at work, by Sumesh Shiwakoty (rep
27/11/2012)
Isolation
Rituals at First Menstruation Draw Scrutiny in Nepal, by Kamala
Gautam (rep 23/11/2012)
Lift
the ban: The restriction on women seeking foreign employment is not
working (kp 21/11/2012)
Women’s
migration booms despite age bar: About 6,184 Nepali women migrants
joined foreign jobs in first three months of current fiscal (ht
19/11/2012)
23
percent underage girls in wedlock (kp 18/11/2012), Early
marriage affecting girl's education, health (nn 18/11/2012)
Ransom
fails to free abducted youth, by Janak Nepal (kp 04/11/2012)
Bypassing
tradition, single women receive tika (ht 30/10/2012)
Battered
and bruised: Historical development of laws concerning domestic
violence against women in Nepal, by Sushma Adhikari Ojha (kp
21/10/2012)
Returnee
women want to be their own masters, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/10/2012)
Hell's
angels, by Hari Krishna Nibanupudi (rep 13/10/2012)
Beset
with health problems, young mothers rue the day (kp 12/10/2012), Initiative
to prioritise quality education for girls: ‘Because I am a girl
campaign’ aims to tackle child marriages, violence (ht 12/10/2012)
Menstruating
women still barred from using village taps, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
11/10/2012)
Women
make history, pull Kumari chariot (kp 04/10/2012), And
so it goes…, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 06/10/2012)
‘Let’s
break the silence on menstrual hygiene’ (ht 27/09/2012)
True
empowerment: Women's emancipation, by Govinda Narayan (rep
27/09/2012)
Purification
rituals come under fire: Women’s rights activists say the rites
discriminate against women (ht 21/09/2012)
Women’s
presence in judiciary still dismal, by Pranab Kharel (kp 18/09/2012), Inclusion
in security forces: Much is yet to be desired, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp 18/09/2012), Parties
fail to translate words into deeds, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
18/09/2012)
Banned
from independence: Imposing a restriction for women to work in gulf
countries is counterproductive for the women’s rights movement and
national economy, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 09/09/2012)
No
time for school: Despite the progress in female literacy, young girls
in the Tarai are taken out of their classrooms and forced into early
marriage (nt 31/08/2012)
Woman
gives birth to 7th child to nurture only son, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 31/08/2012)
Living
in hell: A prostitute's social stigma, by Alka Gurung (rep
14/08/2012)
The
neglected voice: Women displacement in Nepal, by Suresh Pranjali
(rep 11/08/2012)
Promises
to keep: Plight of women migrants (rep 01/08/2012)
Invisible
workforce: Women’s work has gone unnoticed for decades, but affirmative
action could help improve gender equality, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp
31/07/2012)
The
worth of my uterus, by Shreya Thapa (kp m21/07/2012)
Dowry
system: Archaic and a scourge, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht 18/07/2012)
Growing
'entertainment' industry traps Nepali girls, by Naresh Newar (rep
17/07/2012)
Women
still unprepared to claim share in parental property, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 16/07/2012)
Women
lead single lives in Humla, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp 13/07/2012)
Women
role models for peace: Their life stories, by Ujjwala Maharjan (rep
13/07/2012)
Married
at 13, mother at 14, by Kamal Thapa (rep 30/06/2012)
Humanism,
Feminism and Human Rights of 'Prostitutes', by Alka Gurung (nn
23/06/2012)
Govt
provision encourages rural women: Brings a positive change in people’s
attitude towards women owning property, by Samik Kharel (kp
18/06/2012)
Night
entertainment industry in bad light: Most of 13,000 girls, women
workers face sexual exploitation: ILO (ht 14/06/2012)
Stateless
in new Nepal: Inclusion without citizenship is impossible, by
George Varughese and Pema Adams (nt 08/06/2012), Mother
country: Only the Taliban treats women worse (nt 08/06/2012), "Even
slaves are treated better", by Sushila Budathoki and Mina Sharma
(nt 08/06/2012)
Women’s
long struggle yielding results, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 05/06/2012), From
voiceless to vocal: Women in Syangja have come a long way in promoting
gender mainstreaming and social inclusion, by Santosh Chhetri (kp
05/06/2012), A
ray of hope: A constitution for the women, by Naresh Newar (rep
06/06/2012)
City
data show alarming presence of minors in the ‘oldest profession’
(kp 04/06/2012)
Skill-based
training attracts women, by Purna BK (kp 21/05/2012)
Govt
to feminise agriculture: Will help curb male worker shortage (ht
29/05/2012)
Most
women in mid, far west happy with life: Report (rep 05/05/2012), 16
pc women get married at 15: Nepal MICS (ht 05/05/2012)
Gender
balance: Equal rights for women, by Bijan Pant (rep 02/05/2012)
Whose
by-line is it any way?, by Bidushi Dhungel (kp 28/04/2012)
Female
pilots challenge aviation, social customs in Nepal, by Shilu
Manandhar (rep 27/04/2012)
Women’s
access to bank credit ‘very low’ (kp 24/04/2012)
Chhaupadi
custom on the wane in Dailekh, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 23/04/2012)
Paper
promises: Nepali women’s political and civil rights continue to be
limited only to pacts and promises, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp
22/04/2012)
Identity
crisis, by Nitya Pandey (rep 21/04/2012)
That
time of the month: Old traditions that banish women to outhouses
during their periods die hard in mid-western Nepal despite literacy and
affluence, by Rubeena D. Shrestha (nt 13/04/2012)
You
don’t own me: In terms of treatment meted out to girls and women in
Nepal, we still live in the medieval ages, by Arzu Rana Deuba (kp
12/04/2012)
Early
marriage bedevils Chepang women, by Chandni Hamal (rep 07/04/2012)
Woman
thrown out of home, by Khilanath Dhakal (rep 04/04/2012)
No
matter the sex: We
live in a society that subjugates the feminine and only lets it gain
legitimacy through association with the masculine, by Sunil Babu
Pant (kp 03/04/2012)
Desperate
deaths: Curbing suicide among women requires changed mindsets (kp
30/03/2012)
WOREC
paints bleak picture of women’s rights: Says city women prone to abuse
on witchery charges (ht 25/03/2012)
Womanpower:
Migration should be a choice, not a compulsion, by Rubeena Mahato
(nt 23/03/2012)
Women
and War in Nepal (rep 09/03/2012)
Women
share success stories on their day (kp 09/03/2012)
Empowering
women: Unlearning old ways, inspiring futures for young women, by
Suman Bisht (rep 08/03/2012)
Condition
of Nepali women remains bleak, say reports (kp 06/03/2012)
Misshapen
realities, by Anup Ojha (rep 03/03/2012)
Female
Lawyers Protest Discrimination in Nepali Legal Sector, by Lochana
Sharma (rep 02/03/2012)
'Women
Are Backward Due To Unequal Treatments in all Sectors', interview
with Balananda Paudel (sp 02/03/2012)
“Investment
On Girls Is Not As Effective As On Boys”, ibnterview with Sharu
Joshi Shrestha (sp 02/03/2012)
“Climate
change and gender is very much interlinked”, interview with Meena
Khanal (sp 02/03/2012)
A
day in the life: Women academics have to be adept at balancing personal
and professional lives, by Neeti Aryal Khanal (kp 10/02/2012)
Woman
dies in Chhaupadi shed, by Bed Prakash Timilsina (kp 06/02/2012)
Rural
women taking Nepal forward, by Shreya Thapa (kp 04/02/2012)
Woman
dies in chhaupadi, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 18/01/2012), Woman
dies in Chhaupadi shed, by Bed Prakash Timilsina (kp 18/01/2012)
Polygamy
cases on the rise: Women aged 25-35 years victims, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 12/01/2012)
Nepal's
first female mahout leads elephant safaris (rep 11/01/2012)
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